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Show Reno Breathes Easier After Heavy Snow Slows Down Flood i m Christmas came River spilling over its banks into RENO (VP) the downtown 'business area. a day early Saturday for Reno. The snow began falling in the It came in the form of a heavy High Sierra Friday afternoon snovtfall ending the deluge caused and by 8 p.m. the flood waters by 48 hours of steady rain which began to recede in the Reno area. sent the normally placid Truckee Today, the river was back in its normal channel and a good eight feet below flood itage. There was six inches of snow on the ground. The Weather Bureau forecast continuing snowfall today. Rend residents took no chances. Sandbag and wooden barriers were left in place around business establishments hi case the snow old A OGDEN (UP) should turn to rain again and the was man injured fatally Ggden should run amuck anew. Only river Friday when struck by an auto the entrances were cleared. as he and his wife were crossing The fashionable Mapes and a street here. Riverside hotels, which stand on The victim, Francis E. Cave, opposite banks of the river at the was dead on arrival at a hospital. water s edge, won their battle with His wife told police the couple had the flood waters. been visiting at the home of a Sandbagging and feverish pumpson, Douglas, oh Madison Avenue. ing and mopping at every entrance She said her husband was struck was successful in keeping the as they stepped from the curb at water out of the ground floor interior. 26th Street on their way home. Police were unable to establish Gambling tables, carted to up stairs floors a few hours before the point of impact. were Driver of the car was Albert G. the river tojumped its banks, and casinos hotels' the returned Hunt, 44, of Ogden. the gamblers went back into busiflood-stricke- BF dBBBBHBBB BV Murphy Named Body of Woman New ICC Member Found In Kitchen 69-ye- BBBl JBBB ar We with all ur friends a very joyous and cheerful Christmas Season. IMVvDjBJVVaf VVjbVjVBbVVj BBL ar 69-ye- BBBBM six-foot-de- ep ness. were However, the scarce. The city's municipal airport is still flooded, the only railroad which serves Reno isn't operating yet and highways are closed in every direction. PBBBBaL W HIBbVIbW BBl ii B 7 1VJ ay the joyful hours of Christmas players Union Files New Charges Against Dairy overflow with good fellowship Br NORM'S and good cheer for all our friends. 4SMBBMeJ STAR FLOUR MILLS LaST 147 i S.LC. Budget Up 3V4 Times In 15 Years Teamunion local 976, with head- SAN FRANCISCO (UP) sters 1955 WASHINGTON Robert SALT LAKE CITY (UP Police (UP) L. Murphy, Georgia Democrat and yesterday found the body of a textile executive, yesterday sucold Salt Lake landlady who ceeded former Chairman Hugh W. apparently died in the kitchen of Cross as a member of the Inter her home after suffering a heart state Commerce Commission. attack Wednesday. Officers forced their way into the Cross, a Republican, resigned last month under fire. home of the woman. Mrs. Helga President Eisenhower named the Williams, after calls went unanMurphy to serve out swered. A tenant of Mrs. Williams, the remainder of Cross' 'term Vernon Cooper, said he last saw which expires Dec. 31, 1957. her Wednesday. n Ogden Man Succumbs to Crash Hurts B ji. at SUNDAY HERALD East 6th North American Fork Phone 32 CLOTHES 82 W. Center IN RENO Pumps spew muddy water while workSAfcT LAKE CITY (UP) Utah's ers sandbag dike in front of the Reno, Nev. City Hall Friday capital city is still growing. A survey of city budgets over in an effort to stop flooding from spreading the past 15 years shows budget Truckee River to Second Streets in from First totals have increased three and downtown Reno. (UP Telephoto.) times. The 1940 budget unwas $3,394,339. The as yet adopted 1956 budget probably will FLOOD quarters in Ogden, Utah, has filed unfair labor charges against Cache Valley Dairy Association of Amal- ga, Utah, with the National Labor Relations Board. The charges of intimidation and discrimination against employes grew out of a dispute in which the cooperative charged the union with conducting ah illegal boycott be $11,475,550. period against a New York City firm In the employes have increased about which handles Us products. from approximately The NLRB earlier this week orto 1,500. dered the union s New York local to stop picketing against the firm. The cost of living almost doubled In Utah, Edwin Gossner, man- during the period. ager of the association's Amalga plant, termed the union charges "all phony." "We have offered to the men and they have refused it," he said. "Besides, we don't think the union represents these one-ha- lf 15-ye- full-tim- ar e 1.-1- one-thir- d, Herald Want Ads Bring Results people for to my knowledge the union has never been certified as their recognized bargaining agent." The Amalga plant, world's largest producer of Swiss cheese, is still producing although it is being picketed. Replacement Qf Outpatient Clinic Is Recommended . . m . . m is in v TTV,6rijl f ii j 9 rurr tut A LAKE CITY (UP) Advisory Board has recommended immediate replacement of the outpatient building at SALT V Citizen Salt Lake General hospital. Dr. Lowell L. Bennion, public re- lations chairman of the board, said the building is very old and "is a fire trap and a great hazard and the board doesn't want the responsibility of not voicing a protest against its continued use." A new structure would cost about $600,000, the board estimated. Mattress Overman 147 NORTH UNIVERSITY Co. AVE. 7, mnw IS WEBB'S JEWELRY PRE-INVENT0- RY STARTS TUES., 10 A.M. SAVE 20 to DIAMONDS WATCHES FROM: Shockproof . . . CHOOSE Men's, 50 8 Final Women's, Close-ou- t Keepsake Diamonds Waterproof, Dress Watches, Diamond Watches. HALF PRICE COSTUME JEWELRY RHINESTONE SETS Regular 10.95 NOW 5M Regular 14.95 795 Regular 19.95 1QW . 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